Mechanics of residual soils
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, Florida :
CRC Press ,
c2012
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Origin and formation of residual soils
- 2. Microstructure, mineralogy and classification of residual soils
- 3. Describing the engineering properties of residual soils as observed in situ
- 4. The mechanics of compaction and compacted residual soil
- 5. Steady and unsteady flow of water and air through soils - permeability of saturated and unsaturated soils
- 6. Compressibility, settlement and heave of residual soils
- 7. Shear strength behaviour and the measurement of shear strength in residual soils
- 8. Case histories involving volume change and shear strength of residual soils